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BOMB PROTECTOR George J. Frederick, Portsmouth, Ohio Application October7, 1943, Serial No. 505,345

2 Claims.

.My invention relates to ships and the like, and has among ir/s objectsand advantages the provision of an improved bomb protector.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a ship illustrating my y invention appliedthereto;

Figure 2 is a top View; Figure 3 is an end view;

Figure 4 is an enlarged View of one of the supyporting devices for theprotector; and

f Figure 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of the protector mesh.

In the embodiment selected for illustration, the

Aship I 0 is provided with a plurality of upright supports I2 andhorizontal supports laterally from the hull structure. I2 and I4 carry abomb protector I4 projecting The supports net I6. Re-

ferring to Figure 5, this net Vcomprises Wire mesh I8 and reinforcingwires 20 woven in the mesh diagonally of the wires from which the meshis woven. @The wires 20 are looped, as at 22, to provide yielding tiesor reinforcing wires in the mesh I8. The wires 20 are preferably of thecable type.

Figure 4 illustrates the manner in which the net I6 is tied to one ofthe supports I2. The net is similarly tied to all the supports I2 andI4,

,with the exception that the net does not surround the supports I4,since the net terminates substantially in the line of the supports I4.In Figure 4, the support I2 is lprovided with a plate 24 having upturnedears 26 perforated to slidably guide rods 28 connected with supportingcables 30. The supporting cables extend from the top ends of thesupports I2 down to the outer ends Upon the rods 28 are mountedcompression I springs 32 abutting the ears 26 and flanges 34 attached tothe rods 28. Thus the cables 30 are These lvide a. framework forsupporting the net in the configurations of Figures 1 through. 3.

All the supports I2 are arranged in a straight yline centrally andlongitudinally of the ship I0 f so as to provide a tapered contour whenviewed from the end. This provides a configuration which causes thebombs to be deflected' olf the net. Without further elaboration, theforegoing will so fully illustrate my invention, that others may,

by applying current knowledge, readily adapt the same for use undervarious conditions of service.

I claim:

l. In a wire mesh bomb-shield for water craft,

a plurality of supporting standards rising Vertically from points on thedeck midway between the sides of the Vessel, a plurality of supportsextending out horizontally from the sides of the hull of the vessel,plates at the tops of the vertical supports having upturned perforatedears, guide rods having flanges and mounted to extend through the ears,springs about the guide rods abutting the flanges and ears toresiliently mount the same, the mesh shield extending from the verticalsupports to the horizontal supports, and cables attached to each of theguide rods and extending diagonally and crossing each other and attachedto the outer ends of the horizontal supports for supporting the shield,said cables being woven into the mesh of the shield.

2. In a reinforced Iwire -mesh bomb shield for water craft, a pluralityof spaced vertical supporting standards rising vertically from points onthe deck midway between the sides of the vessel, a plurality of spacedsupports extending out horizontally from the sides of the hull of thevessel, plates at the tops of the vertical supports having pairs ofspaced radially positioned upwardly extending perforated ears, guiderods having ilanges and mounted to extend through the ears with the angeof each rod disposed between the ears, springs about the rods bearingagainst the flanges and ears to resiliently mount the guide rods, themesh shield extending from and between the vertical supports anddownwardly to the horizontal supports, cables attached to the rods andthe outer ends of the horizontal supports respectively and extendingdiagonally and crossing each other for supporting the shield, and saidcables being woven

